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Social marketing material developed by Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights, a 2014 GLAM grantee in Ghana |
AVAC, amfar, COC Netherlands and International Rectal Microbicide Advocates (IRMA) are pleased to announce seven Global Lube Access Mobilisation (GLAM) awards to projects in Africa.
GLAM, an initiative of IRMA's Project ARM (Africa for Rectal Microbicides) in collaboration with amfAR, AVAC, and COC Netherlands, promotes advocacy in support of increased access to safe, condom-compatible lubricants for all Africans who engage in anal and vaginal intercourse, including GMT (gay men and other men who have sex with men, and transgender individuals) and heterosexual men and women.
In response to a request for proposals widely disseminated in February 2014, GLAM partners received 36 proposals representing 17 African countries (Botswana, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe). A diverse team of 20 advocates and public health professionals with an interest in lubricant access in Africa (from Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Liberia, South Africa, Rwanda, Benin, Canada, Netherlands and the United States) reviewed the proposals.
Seven projects were selected for funding. These projects began in early July 2014 and will complete their efforts in December 2014. Following is a list of these projects.
Alternatives Cameroun (Douala, Cameroun)
Working in collaboration with other organizations in Douala and Yaoundé, Alternatives Cameroun plans to organize meetings and workshops with health officials and other HIV stakeholders in the country. The meetings and workshops will underscore the importance of providing safe, condom-compatible lubricant as part of comprehensive HIV and STI prevention programming. These activities support the ultimate goal of developing and securing a channel for the distribution of safe, condom-compatible lubricant throughout Cameroun.
Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights (Accra, Ghana)
Centre for Popular Education and Human Rights (CEPEHRG) will campaign to increase access, availability, and use of safe, affordable, condom-compatible lubricant by all who engage in sexual intercourse in Ghana, with special attention given to the LGBT community. The group will call for the inclusion of condom-compatible lubricant in the national essential drug list. Educational and social marketing efforts will take place at the community outreach level and through CEPEHRG's national advocacy work.
Centre Stage Media Arts Foundation (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)
Centre Stage Media Arts Foundation (CSMA) will convene policy advisory seminars to engage stakeholders from the Ministry of Health, legislators and members of civil society in support of three goals. One, integrate access to safe, condom-compatible lubricant in the Zimbabwe National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan. Two, advocate for inclusion of lube as a line item in the national HIV prevention budget. Three, campaign for policy and program changes to allow for the distribution of lube through the same public health distribution channels that condoms are distributed through. A policy brief on the integration of lube access into national HIV prevention policies and programs will be produced. Traditional and social media will be utilized.
Community Health Education Services & Advocacy (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)Securing government leadership and commitment to amend the national condom policy and include the provision of safe, condom-compatible lubricant in public health facilities is the chief goal of Community Health Education Services & Advocacy (CHESA). The group will work to build multi-sectorial awareness of the importance of lubricant and will engage the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, health care practitioners, community based organizations, as well as members of the GMT community. The public health message will be "Condom Compatible Lubricant Reduces New HIV Infections."
Men Against AIDS Youth Group (Kisumu, Kenya)
Men Against AIDS Youth Group (MAAYGO) seeks to increase access to safe, condom-compatible lubricants through several methods. The group will conduct a needs assessment and implement a targeted advocacy campaign in Kisumu County for the GMT community, health care workers, and policy makers. Educational workshops will be conducted with the goal of developing a cadre of lube access advocates who will work to improve government policies and programs. A print/social marketing campaign highlighting the importance of lubricant access in HIV/STI prevention programming will be launched.
New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (Lagos, Nigeria)
The strategy New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) will take to improve lubricant access in Nigeria will be to create public demand for these important products for both men and women. Advocacy will be conducted at the state and national levels to promote government investment in lube access. NHVMAS will utilize its listserv, engage the media, and conduct trainings to enhance community awareness of the importance of safe, condom-compatible lubricant in HIV/STI prevention programming.
Partners in Health Research and Development (Thika, Kenya)
The work of Partners in Health Research and Development (PHRD) will seek to improve knowledge of and access to condoms and safe, condom-compatible lubricant among key populations in Kenya. In addition, the group will undertake actions in support of the establishment of a sustainable condom and lubricant delivery system. Sensitisation sessions will be conducted for stakeholders including HIV prevention advocates, civil society coalitions, policy makers, government officials, donors, condom distributors and the media. The inclusion of safe, condom-compatible lubricant in the National Strategic Plan is one of the project's key projected milestones.
Click here for the GLAM Toolkit in English in French.
The GLAM initiative supported three African projects in 2013. Click here for a GLAM PowerPoint presentation that includes information on these projects.
Click here to access the Project ARM report, "On the Map: Ensuring Africa's Place in Rectal Microbicide Research and Advocacy", published in 2012.
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Open_Disk, Free_Disk, Debug_Disk, Set_Bios_Geom, Delete_Chunk, Collapse_Disk, Collapse_Chunk, Create_Chunk, All_FreeBSD, CheckRules, Disk_Names, Set_Boot_Mgr, Set_Boot_Blocks, Write_Disk, Cyl_Aligned, Next_Cyl_Aligned, Prev_Cyl_Aligned, Track_Aligned, Next_Track_Aligned, Prev_Track_Aligned, Create_Chunk_DWIM, MakeDev, MakeDevDisk, ShowChunkFlags, chunk_name, slice_type_name -- library interface to slice and partition labels
Interface to Slice and Partition Labels Library (libdisk, -ldisk)
#include <sys/types.h> #include <libdisk.h> struct disk * Open_Disk(const char *devname); void Free_Disk(struct disk *disk); void Debug_Disk(struct disk *disk); void Set_Bios_Geom(struct disk *disk, u_long cyl, u_long heads, u_long sects); int Delete_Chunk(struct disk *disk, struct chunk *); void Collapse_Disk(struct disk *disk); int Collapse_Chunk(struct disk *disk, struct chunk *chunk); int Create_Chunk(struct disk *disk, u_long offset, u_long size, chunk_e type, int subtype, u_long flags); void All_FreeBSD(struct disk *d, int force_all); char * CheckRules(struct disk *); char ** Disk_Names(void); void Set_Boot_Mgr(struct disk *d, const u_char *bootmgr, const size_t bootmgr_size); int Set_Boot_Blocks(struct disk *d, const u_char *boot1, const u_char *boot2); int Write_Disk(struct disk *d); int Cyl_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); u_long Next_Cyl_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); u_long Prev_Cyl_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); int Track_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); u_long Next_Track_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); u_long Prev_Track_Aligned(struct disk *d, u_long offset); struct chunk * Create_Chunk_DWIM(struct disk *d, struct chunk *parent, u_long size, chunk_e type, int subtype, u_long flags); int MakeDev(struct chunk *c, const char *path); int MakeDevDisk(struct disk *d, const char *path); char * ShowChunkFlags(struct chunk *c); const char * chunk_name(chunk_e type); const char * slice_type_name(int type, int subtype);
The libdisk library provides an interface to the low-level disk slice and partition labels. Most functions operate with arguments of the types `struct disk', or `struct chunk'. While both types are mostly opaque to the programmer, the internal structure is mentioned below for the sake of completeness. struct disk { char *name; u_long flags; u_long bios_cyl; u_long bios_hd; u_long bios_sect; u_char *bootmgr; u_char *boot1; u_char *boot2; struct chunk *chunks; u_long sector_size; }; The only flag value by now is `DISK_ON_TRACK', meaning that this disk is handled by the On-Track Disk Manager. struct chunk { struct chunk *next; struct chunk *part; struct disk *disk; long offset; u_long size; u_long end; char *name; char *oname; chunk_e type; int subtype; u_long flags; void (*private_free)(void*); void *(*private_clone)(void*); void *private_data; }; The `type' field can be one of the following values: `whole, unknown, fat, freebsd, extended, part, unused'. These are the valid `flag' values for a `struct chunk'. CHUNK_PAST_1024 This chunk cannot be booted from because it extends past cylinder 1024. CHUNK_BSD_COMPAT This chunk is in the BSD-compatibility, and has a short name too, i.e. `wd0s4f -> wd0f'. CHUNK_ALIGN This chunk should be aligned. CHUNK_IS_ROOT This `part' is a rootfs, allocate partition `a'. CHUNK_ACTIVE This is the active slice in the MBR. CHUNK_FORCE_ALL Force a dedicated disk for FreeBSD, bypassing all BIOS geometry considerations. The `private_data', `private_free', and `private_clone' fields are for data private to the application, and the management thereof. If the functions are not provided, no storage management is done, cloning will just copy the pointer and freeing will just forget it. Open_Disk() will open the named disk, and return populated tree. Free_Disk() frees a tree made with Open_Disk() or Clone_Disk(). Debug_Disk() prints the content of the tree to stdout. Set_Bios_Geom() sets the geometry the bios uses. Delete_Chunk() frees a chunk of disk_space. Collapse_Disk() and Collapse_Chunk() are experimental, do not use. Create_Chunk() creates a chunk with the specified parameters. All_FreeBSD() makes one FreeBSD chunk covering the entire disk; if `force_all' is set, bypass all BIOS geometry considerations. CheckRules() returns `char*' to warnings about broken design rules in this disklayout. Disk_Names() returns `char**' with all disk's names (wd0, wd1 ...). You must free each pointer, as well as the array by hand. Set_Boot_Mgr() sets this boot-manager for use on this disk. Gets written when Write_Disk() is called. Set_Boot_Blocks() sets the boot-blocks for use on this disk. Gets written when Write_Disk() is called. Write_Disk() writes all the MBRs, disklabels, bootblocks and boot managers. Cyl_Aligned() checks if `offset' is aligned on a cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. Next_Cyl_Aligned() rounds `offset' up to next cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. Prev_Cyl_Aligned() rounds `offset' down to previous cylinder according to the BIOS geometry. Track_Aligned() checks if `offset' is aligned on a track according to the BIOS geometry. Next_Track_Aligned() rounds `offset' up to next track according to the BIOS geometry. Prev_Track_Aligned() checks if `offset' is aligned on a track according to the BIOS geometry. Create_Chunk_DWIM() creates a partition inside the given parent of the given size, and returns a pointer to it. The first unused chunk big enough is used. MakeDev() makes the device nodes for this chunk. MakeDevDisk() makes the device nodes for all chunks on this disk. ShowChunkFlags() returns a string to show flags. The chunk_name() function takes the enumerated chunk type and returns its name. chunk_name() replaces the old external array chunk_n. slice_type_name() returns the name strings associated with the specified `type'. `subtype'. If slice_type_name() returns "unknown" for slices it isn't familiar with.
The libdisk library was written by Poul-Henning Kamp. This manual page was written by Jorg Wunsch. FreeBSD 5.2.1 March 15, 1996 FreeBSD 5.2.1


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By Jason Miller and John Buckner Federal News Radio
What is not surprising about the final version of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is the role the National Institute of Standards and Technology will take on.
NIST's responsibilities will be familiar – one of facilitator.
But what is surprising about the new strategy is that with the thousands of comments the White House received about the draft issued last June, the biggest change was in who would lead this effort.
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The administration made it clear in the final document that it's asking the private sector to lead the way in securing online identities in cyberspace.
"This is an area where a public and private partnership can help address real problems and allow for future economic growth by enabling more industry and government to move services online," said Gene Sperling, the White House's National Economic Council director, Friday at an event in Washington to release the NSTIC at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Sperling said the goal of NSTIC is to provide a privacy credential that works across different public and private service providers to make it easier to authenticate a person's identity for transactions.
"The problem is passwords are broken because they don't offer adequate security, no one can remember all of them, and no one knows if you are a dog on the Internet," said an administration official during a phone briefing with reporters Friday before the White House event. "The goal of the government is to facilitate growth of a marketplace, where the consumer can go to a provider and have a choice to buy a strong credential. It could be something on a cell phone or a smart card or a USB drive or even a one-time password generator. This would be entirely optional and a voluntary system. Choice is the key."
While the private sector must provide the credentials, technology and systems to authenticate to, the government will help develop, build and implement what administration officials are calling a comprehensive identity ecosystem framework. The administration will use this framework to work with industry, privacy, security and other experts to formulate policy, governance and standards for cybersecurity.
And that is where NIST comes in.
White House Cyber Security Coordinator Howard Schmidt said NIST will hold several workshops in the coming months around the country to bring people together to begin the conversation.
NIST already has planned three workshops to discuss governance, privacy and technology standards issues.
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The high priority actions for NIST will focus on implementing the plan as well as expanding government services, pilots and policies. NIST will pay special attention to security plans in the areas of health care, communication information technology and energy.
NIST also will develop pilots in the Defense Industrial Base and financial sectors.
The bureau asked for almost $25 million in the 2012 budget request, about $17.5 million of which will pay for programs using trusted identity technology in the areas of government services, e-commerce, and health IT. The pilot programs are scheduled to be in place in 2012 but the entire strategy could take three to five years to really come together, said another administration official during the briefing with reporters.
The NSTIC also identifies the benefits the government will receive from collaboration with the private sector. The administration states that security will be improved and efficiency of serving the people better also will increase.
"One of the things we wanted to do at DHS was to integrate the work on cybersecurity with the overall effort to help build the safe, secure, resilient place where the American way of life can thrive," said Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department. "We see cybersecurity as an important aspect of a safe and secure homeland."
Lute said the NSTIC is the cornerstone of the broad adoption of voluntary, interoperable, privacy enhancing authentication.
Lute also said that since the NSTIC targets the private sector, results will come more speedily and provide effective and efficient solutions.
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"This is the totally right way of thinking about how government can help lay a foundation for economic growth," said Sperling. "Where the government brings together this type of standards where they bring together and create something, you create a platform of confidence that no individual company could create for itself."
John Buckner is an intern with Federal News Radio.
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I'm home from New York and already missing walking past the pretty windows of If Boutique in Soho every day. I figure if I can't shop for myself, I might as well shop for someone else. Here are some of my favorite things on Net-a-Porter as worn by some stylish friends I drew.
On Carline, left: Ruffled tweed mini skirt by Moschino Cheap & Chic, Pleated-collar cotton shirt by Carven, Yokoe leather knee boots by Diane Von Furstenburg, Small crystal-embellished leather bag by Sonia Rykiel.
On Mikki, right: Mid-rise cropped patchwork jeans by Junya Watanabe, Plaid and leather lace-up boots by Dolce & Gabanna,Wicca tweed shoulder bag by Alexander McQueen, Sherman quilted coat by Isabel Marant
On Pilar:
Goat hair and rabbit jacket by Elizabeth and James, Lace-appliquéd tulle blouse by Alice Temperley, Python Wrap Skirt by Reed Krakoff, Buttoned leather ankle boots
On Juanita: Gary tartan wool-blend cropped pants by Isabel Marant, Cashmere blanket scarf by Ralph Lauren, Silk-charmeuse camisole by Alexander Wang, Star-cutout leather pumps by Dolce & Gabbana
On Penelope: Military silk-georgette blouse by Alexander McQueen,Pleated A-line faux leather skirt by Junya Watanabe, Harlington triple-pack of knitted socks, Blend leopard print pumps by Jimmy Choo
That was fun! I think I cured my shopping bug :)


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Buckley, Alex (2019) Context is everything : how the programme affects students' engagement with feedback. In: Sharing Practice Event, 2019-02-27 - 2019-02-27, Heriot-Watt University.
Lawrence, Matson and Mckendry, Stephanie (2019) Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Students and Staff in Further and Higher Education : Practical Advice for Colleges and Universities. Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London. ISBN 9781785923456
Buckley, Alex (2018) The ideology of student engagement research. Teaching in Higher Education, 23 (6). pp. 718-732. 23(6). ISSN 1356-2517
Mckendry, Stephanie and Lawrence, Matson (2017) TransEDU Scotland : Researching the Experience of Trans and Gender Diverse Applicants, Students and Staff in Scotland's Colleges and Universities. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Buckley, Alex (2017) Evaluating an online induction course at the University of Strathclyde. In: 3rd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference, 2017-06-06 - 2017-06-08, Radisson Blu Hotel.
Johnston, Aidan and Ramsay, Howard (2017) Developing an online course to support student transitions to university. In: 3rd International Enhancement in Higher Education Conference, 2017-06-06 - 2017-06-08, Radisson Blu Hotel.
Kandiko Howson, Camille and Buckley, Alex (2016) Development of the UK Engagement Survey. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. ISSN 0260-2938
Collins, Robert and Buckley, Alex and Strachan, Scott and Murray, Paul (2016) VIP Approach at the University of Strathclyde : A Pilot Evaluation Report 2015-16. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
Birds of Paradise Theatre Company; Lawrence, Matson. (2016) Barriers to Access : Report on the Barriers Faced by Young Disabled and D/deaf People in Accessing Youth Arts Provision in Scotland. Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Glasgow.
Buckley, Alex (2016) Student engagement and surveys in UK higher education. In: Annual Academic Symposium 2016, 2016-04-28, University of Aberdeen.
Buckley, Alex (2015) Students' perceptions of skills development : UK Engagement Survey 2015. Higher Education Academy, York.
Buckley, Alex (2015) Student engagement in the UK : politics, pedagogy and surveys. In: CRLL Conference 2015, 2015-09-09 - 2015-09-09, Glasgow Caledonian University.
Nicol, David and Thomson, Avril and Breslin, Caroline (2014) Rethinking feedback practices in higher education : a peer review persepective. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 39 (1). pp. 102-122. ISSN 0260-2938
Buckley, Alex (2014) How radical is student engagement? (And what is it for?). Student Engagement and Experience Journal, 3 (2). pp. 1-23.
Buckley, Alex (2014) The UK Engagement Survey 2014 : The Second Pilot Year. Higher Education Academy, York.
Rupani, Pooja and Cooper, Mick and McArthur, Katherine and Pybis, Joanne and Cromarty, Karen and Hill, Andy and Levesley, Ruth and Murdoch, Jamie and Turner, Nick (2014) The goals of young people in school-based counselling and their achievement of these goals. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 14 (4). pp. 306-314. ISSN 1473-3145
Gaca, K.Z. and Parkinson, J.A. and Sefcik, J. (2013) Molecular speciation and mesoscale clustering in formaldehyde-methanol- water solutions in the presence of sodium carbonate. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 117 (36). pp. 10548-10555. ISSN 1520-6106
Bell, Irene and Johnston, Aidan and Woolmer, Cherie (2013) Vertically integrated projects (VIP) @ the University of Strathclyde : how to enhance the student and staff learning experience through VIP. In: 10th Enhancement Themes Conference, 2013-06-11 - 2013-06-13, Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Buckley, Alex (2013) Engagement for Enhancement : Report of a UK Survey Pilot. Higher Education Academy, York.
Henderson, Kirsty Elizabeth and Gibson, Christopher and Gibb, Forbes (2013) The impact of tablet computers on students with disabilities in a higher education setting. Technology and Disability, 25 (2). pp. 61-76.
Buckley, Alex (2012) Making it Count : Reflecting on the National Student Survey in the Process of Enhancement. Higher Education Academy, York.
Gordon, G. (2011) Public policy for academic quality. [Review]
Smith, Janice (2011) Beyond evaluative studies : perceptions of teaching qualifications from probationary lecturers in the UK. International Journal for Academic Development, 16 (1). pp. 71-81.
Mitchell, John E. and Canavan, Brian and Smith, Jan (2010) Problem based learning in communications systems : student perceptions and achievement. IEEE Transactions on Education, 53 (4). pp. 587-594. ISSN 0018-9359
Robertson, R. John; (2010) What do academic libraries have to do with Open Educational Resources? In: Barcelona Open Ed 2010. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona.
Robertson, R. John and Campbell, L. and Barker, P. and Yuan, L. and MacNeill, S. (2010) One standard to rule them all? Descriptive choices for open education. In: OpenCourseWare Consortium 2010, 1900-01-01.
Robertson, R. John and MacNeill, Sheila and Barker, Phil and Campbell, L. and Yuan, Li (2010) Approaches to supporting open educational resource projects. In: OpenCourseWareConsortium 2010, 1900-01-01.
Shapiro, Angela and Johnston, Aidan (2010) An exploration re utilising inclusive technologies in the former School of Built and Natural Environment. Case study. Glasgow Caledonian University, Department of Learning and Educational Development, Glasgow.
Smith, Jan (2010) Academic identities for the 21st century. Teaching in Higher Education, 15 (6). pp. 721-727. ISSN 1356-2517
Smith, Jan (2010) Forging identities : the experiences of probationary lecturers in the UK. Studies in Higher Education, 35 (5). pp. 577-591. ISSN 0307-5079
West, Janice and Johnston, Aidan (2009) Technical and academic partnership : building audio and video into a virtual learning resource. In: 4th International Blended Learning Conference, 2009-06-17 - 2009-06-18, University of Hertfordshire.
Hemmi, A. and Bayne, S. and Land, Ray (2009) The appropriation and repurposing of social technologies in higher education. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 25 (1). pp. 19-30. ISSN 0266-4909
Flanagan, Michael and Smith, Janice; Land, Ray and Meyer, Jan and Smith, Jan, eds. (2008) From playing to understanding : the transformative potential of discourse versus syntax in learning to program. In: Threshold Concepts Within the Disciplines. Educational Futures . Sense, Rotterdam, pp. 91-104. ISBN 9789087902674
Meyer, Jan H.F. (2008) Threshold concepts within the disciplines. Sense Publishers. ISBN 978-90-8790-267-4
Mitchell, J.E. and Smith, J. (2008) Case study of the introduction of problem-based learning in electronic engineering. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 45 (2). pp. 131-143. ISSN 0020-7209
Cassidy, C. and Christie, D. and Coutts, N. and Dunn, J. and Sinclair, C.M. and Skinner, D. and Wilson, A.W. (2008) Building communities of educational enquiry. Oxford Review of Education, 34 (2). ISSN 0305-4985
Robertson, R.J. (2007) Thinking about the ecology of repositories. In: La ecología de los repositorios institucionales: Interacción entre sociedad, producción científica y acceso a la información, 2007-12-12 - 2007-12-14.
Robertson, R.J. (2007) An ecologically influenced approach for learning resources. In: JISC CETIS Conference 2007, 2007-11-20 - 2007-11-21.
Robertson, R.J. (2007) An ecologically influenced approach. In: Towards an European repository ecology: conceptualising interactions between networks of repositories and services. Workshop at ECDL 2007, 2007-09-21.
Robertson, R.J. (2007) The interoperability challenge. In: Towards an European repository ecology: conceptualising interactions between networks of repositories and services. Workshop at ECDL 2007, 2007-09-21.
Christie, Donald and Cassidy, Claire and Skinner, Don and Coutts, Norman and Sinclair, Christine M. and Rimpilainen, Sanna K. and Wilson, Alastair (2007) Building collaborative communities of enquiry in educational research. Educational Research and Evaluation, 13 (3). pp. 263-278. ISSN 1380-3611
Smith, Janice and Oliver, Martin (2007) Exploring behaviour in the online environment : student perceptions of information literacy. Research in Learning Technology, 13 (1). pp. 49-65. ISSN 0968-7769
Robertson, R. John (2007) The repository ecology : an approach to understanding repository and service interactions. In: CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication (OAI5), 2007-04-18 - 2007-04-20, CERN.
Sinclair, Christine (2007) Grammar: A Friendly Approach. Open University Press, Berkshire. ISBN 0335220088
Boon, Stuart and Johnston, Bill and Webber, Sheila (2007) A phenomenographic study of English faculty's conceptions of information literacy. Journal of Documentation, 63 (2). 204 -228. ISSN 0022-0418
Wilson, A. and Rimpilainen, S.K. and Skinner, D. and Cassidy, C. and Christie, D. and Coutts, N. and Sinclair, C.M. (2007) Using a virtual research environment to support new models of collaborative and participative research in Scottish education. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 16 (3). pp. 289-304. ISSN 1475-939X
Robertson, R.J. (2006) Steven Weber (2004) The success of Open Source. [Review]
Conole, G. and Smith, J. and White, S.; Conole, G. and Oliver, M., eds. (2006) A critique of the impact of policy and funding. In: Contemporary Perspectives in e-learning Research. The Open and Flexible Learning Series . Routledge. ISBN 0415393949
Sinclair, C.; Jackson, Norman and Oliver, Martin and Shaw, Malcolm and Wisdom, James, eds. (2006) Developing students' creativity : searching for an appropriate pedagogy. In: Developing Creativity in Higher Education: An Imaginative Curriculum. Routledge, Oxford, pp. 118-141. ISBN 0415365333
Robertson, R.J. (2006) Evaluation of metadata workflows for the Glasgow ePrints and DSpace services. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK.
Sinclair, Christine (2006) Understanding University: a Guide to Another Planet. Open University Press. ISBN 0335217974
Robertson, R. John (2006) Digital preservation in the Tertiary education sector : management implications. Library Review, 55 (3). pp. 173-178. ISSN 0024-2535
Robertson, R. John (2006) Metadata. [Review]
Robertson, R. John (2006) STARGATE : Static Repository Gateway and Toolkit. Final Project Report. JISC, London.
Robertson, R. John (2005) Metadata quality : implications for library and information science professionals. Library Review, 54 (4). pp. 295-300. ISSN 0024-2535
Smith, Janice (2005) From flowers to palms: 40 years of policy for online learning. Research in Learning Technology, 13 (2). pp. 93-108. ISSN 0968-7769
Robertson, R. John and Barton, Jane (2005) Optimising metadata workflows in a distributed information environment. In: Digital Repositories: Interoperability and Common Services, 2005-05-11 - 2005-05-13.
Meyer, Jan and Land, Ray (2005) Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2): Epistemological considerations and a conceptual framework for teaching and learning. Higher Education, 49 (3). pp. 373-388. ISSN 0018-1560
Barton, J. and Robertson, R.J. (2005) Developing a metadata lifecycle model. In: 5th International Conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS5) - Context: Nature, Impact and Role, 2005-06-06 - 2005-06-08.
Land, Ray; Land, Ray and Bayne, S., eds. (2005) Embodiment and risk in cyberspace education. In: Education in Cyberspace. Routledge Falmer, Oxon, United Kingdom, pp. 149-164. ISBN 9780415328821
Robertson, R.J. and Barton, J. (2005) Metadata for learning object repositories: a wolf in sheep's clothing? In: Cataloguing and Indexing Group AGM, 2005-04-15. (Unpublished)
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For this reason, the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is required of foreign applicants seeking admission to the program from nations in which English is not the primary language of instruction. A TOEFL score of 590 on the paper-based test, 243 on the computer-based test, or 96 on the Internet-based test is the minimum score accepted by the University's Graduate Division. The Law School usually admits only applicants whose TOEFL scores are well above the minimum range required by the University. In general we expect a score of 600 on the paper-based test, 250 on the computer-based test, or 100 on the Internet-based test, although an outstanding applicant with a slightly lower test score will not be disqualified on this basis.
If you possess a law degree from an institution at which the primary language of instruction is English, you are not required to submit a TOEFL score with your application. Please ensure that the academic transcripts you submit verify that your degree was obtained from an English-speaking institution.
The TOEFL is offered daily at test centers throughout the world. When you take the examination, it is important that you indicate School Code No. 4837, Dept. 03, to ensure that your score is sent to UCLA School of Law. Information about the examination should be available at your own university, and can also be found on the TOEFL website.


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House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are asking the Department of Justice's internal investigator to hold accountable anyone who retaliated against or threatened to retaliate against Operation Fast and Furious whistleblowers.
In a Friday letter to the DOJ's Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Grassley and Issa said they're now concerned retaliation is much more likely following Thursday's votes to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal and civil contempt of Congress.
"We just learned that ATF senior management placed two of the main whistleblowers who have testified before Congress about Fast and Furious under the supervision of someone who vowed to retaliate against them," they wrote before describing how senior political figures have made dangerous threats before.
Grassley and Issa said that in early 2011, right around the time Grassley first made public the whistleblowers' allegations about Fast and Furious, Scot Thomasson – then the chief of the ATF's Public Affairs Division – said, according to an eyewitness account: "We need to get whatever dirt we can on these guys [the whistleblowers] and take them down."
Thomasson also allegedly said that: "All these whistleblowers have axes to grind. ATF needs to f—k these guys."
According to Grassley and Issa, when Thomasson was asked about whistleblowers' allegations that guns were allowed to walk, Thomasson said he "didn't know and didn't care."
Grassley and Issa have given Horowitz until July 6 to answer whether Thomasson was "admonished" for those threats against whistleblowers, how he got his job in the first place and how the DOJ and ATF are going to make sure he doesn't retaliate against whistleblowers moving forward.
The two lead Fast and Furious investigators also released new, never-before-public documents that show officials in ATF's Washington headquarters were trying to cover up Fast and Furious two weeks before Grassley ever even asked about it.
Grassley didn't confront the Justice Department or ATF with those questions until Jan. 27, 2011, but ATF headquarters had prepped internal talking points as early as Jan. 12, 2011.
In that Jan. 12, 2011, memo, ATF officials laid out expected questions about gunwalking in Fast and Furious and Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's murder with Fast and Furious weapons – and canned answers ATF officials were supposed to give to press or anyone else asking about it.
For instance, a couple of expected questions include: "Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry was shot and killed after he and his team encountered several suspects near Rio Rico, Ariz. At least four suspects are in custody while one is still being pursued. Was a gun trafficked in this case used in the murder?" and "We understand that a firearm bought in connection with this ATF investigation was used to murder Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry. Can you please comment on this information?"
ATF officials were encouraged to not respond to those questions. Instead, they were told by leadership in Washington to give one of these answers spinning his murder to stress ATF's need to accomplish its mission with Fast and Furious:
-"The death of Agent Terry in tragic and is a sad and dark day for all of law enforcement. We've lost one of our own. This is another example of the dangers faced by law enforcement every day across this country when pursuing these violent criminals."
-"Agent Terry's death is the exact reason why we must continue going after those who are determined to destroy the lives of so many innocent individuals in our communities by plying their illicit trade. For those who would say it is Mexico's problem, I say Agent Terry's death and all of those who have perished because of this violence prove that this challenge belongs to everyone."
-"The investigation into the murder of Agent Terry is active and ongoing. ATF has pledged its support and resources to bring to justice the perpetrators who are guilty of that crime. I won't say anything here today to jeopardize that investigation or the subsequent prosecution of those responsible for this terrible crime."
-"The murder of Agent Terry is a tragic loss that has been felt throughout the United States and underscores the dangers that law enforcement officers face every day. As the investigation continues into this heinous crime, our hearts go out to Agent Terry's family and his fellow Border Patrol Agents who continue to risk their lives to protect the citizens of our great Country."
Grassley and Issa released other internal documents, including emails, with their Friday letter to Horowitz. The documents show that soon-to-be-former Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich – who is resigning to lead the University of Baltimore School of Law – may have been in on this cover-up plan.
Weich was the author of a false Feb. 4, 2011 letter to Grassley, in which he denied – on behalf of Holder – gunwalking ever took place. Holder's DOJ withdrew that letter 10 months later, in December 2011.
Weich and now former acting ATF director Ken Melson – who was promoted into DOJ leadership after he secretly deposed Congress without DOJ or ATF counsel – were cc-ed on emails from late January 2011.
Those emails discuss how the DOJ and ATF planned to respond to Grassley's request for information.


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Year's List of Top New Species Includes Glow-in-the-Dark Cockroach, New Monkey
The list includes a glow-in-the-dark cockroach and a new monkey, among others.
May 23, 2013— -- What's new in animal species? Plenty, according to a new Top 10 list that includes everything from a glow-in-the-dark cockroach to an "Old World" monkey with a bright blue buttocks.
"Through the top 10, we are really just trying to raise awareness about how many species there are on the planet," Quentin Wheeler, founding director of the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), told ABC News. This is the sixth annual such list by the Institute at Arizona State University.
"On average, 18,000 species a year are discovered. That sounds like a lot, but it really isn't."
Wheeler said there are an estimated 10 to 12 million living species, but only about 2 million have been discovered. This year's top 10 list was whittled down from more than 140 nominees.
While the institute simply compiles a list, "These discoveries are actually made by professionals and amateurs around the world," he said.
The 2013 release by the IISE showcases, among many impressive things, the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate - a tiny, 7 millimeter frog found in Papua, New Guinea. An image released by the institute shows the frog taking up about a third of the space on the face of a U.S. dime. The largest known vertebrate in the world is the blue whale, measuring 85 feet long.
A new type of luminescent (or glow-in-the-dark) cockroach specimen was discovered in Ecuador. Though the species may have already been extinct for some time, Wheeler said it's believed that the cockroach would mimic the toxic luminescent clicking beetle to ward off predators. This cockroach is one of more than a dozen species of luminescent cockroaches discovered since 1999.
Another fascinating finding was a new species of monkey, the lesula, only the second new species of monkey to be discovered in Africa in the last 28 years. The IISE said the lesula has been known to the people of Congo, where it was discovered by scientists, but the species was never recorded. This species of monkey has eyes that observers say look human, with brown coloring, and males have large, bare patch of skin on the buttocks and testicles that is a brilliant blue.
But the most interesting discovery story may be that of the Semachrysa jade - a green lacewing. What is believed to be the first ever photo of the insect was taken by Malaysian photographer Hock Ping Guek, though unbeknownst to him at the time. A California scientist happened upon the image of the lacewing on Guek's Flickr and asked him to mail the specimen to London's Natural History Museum where it was eventually identified registered as a new species.
Wheeler explained to ABC News that some scientists are predicting half of the world's species could be gone by the end of the century (a type of extinction that last happened at the time of the dinosaurs), so furthering these discoveries and spreading interest through the yearly top 10 list is important.
In a statement attached to this year's list of species, Wheeler pressed the urgency of exploring now.
"We are calling for a NASA-like mission to discover 10 million species in the next 50 years. This would lead to discovering countless options for a more sustainable future while securing evidence of the origins of the biosphere."


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The World Games 2013 is the biggest multi-sports event of the year and features 32 sports including parachuting canopy piloting and paragliding accuracy. The great media impact of the event, which will start on 25 July 2013, will be felt worldwide. The FAI does all that it takes to promote its sports not only to the TV spectators and press readers, but also to the public attending the event. For this reason the FAI appointed Regan Tetlow as an official presenter of the airsports events at the World Games 2013.
"Regan will be in charge of introducing the athletes, commentating on the competitions and explaining the rules to the public who are not necessarily familiar with airsports; his experience, knowledge and ability to interact and engage with the crowd will be a great asset to both parachuting canopy piloting and paragliding accuracy events," FAI Senior Sports Manager Rob Hughes said.
Regan has been skydiving for 23 years and has 8000 jumps under his belt. He competed in 4 and 8 way in the UK from 1997 to 2001 and won Bronze, Silver and Gold in both events. His experience as a presenter includes events such as the Mondial 2012 (FAI World Parachuting Championships). "I am very lucky to be in a situation that allows me to follow my two main passion; Skydiving and working a crowd. I have presented at some incredible events over the last few years and it is always a lot of fun. I like to bring my energy to others," Regan said.
Although originally a skydiver, Regan will also present the paragliding accuracy competition, a discipline with which he is quickly getting up to speed. "I am trying to find out as much info as possible on paragliding right now. There is a wealth of info online of course," he continued.
Presenting competitions in a fun and interesting way involves knowledge of the sports, but also of the competitors. "When I arrive at the events I try to speak to the competitors in person before the games begin," he said. "I know a lot of the parachuting canopy piloting competitors already but there is always someone new and always a bit more background to be gleaned from little chats..."
The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The 2013 edition will take place in Cali, Colombia, over a period of 11 days from July 25 to August 4 2013. 32 official sports feature in the programme, including Parachuting Canopy Piloting and Paragliding Accuracy, while AeroMusicals (Aeromodelling) is present as a demonstration sport. The Parachuting and Paragliding competitions will run concurrently on the same site, for maximum spectator interest, from 1 to 4 August 2013. Some 66 competitors (36 for parachuting and 30 for paragliding) gained entry to the Games.


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Amazon sells Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' album for 99 cents in battle with iTunes
Lady Gaga's Born This Way album is one of the biggest album releases of the year, and digital stores like iTunes and Amazon MP3 certainly know that her fans are more than willing to pay full price for the offering. However, possibly more interesting than the album itself, is the price different between the two aforementioned stores. iTunes has the album for the typical $12 (or $16 for the Bonus Track Version,) and we are sure they'll sell a ton of them at that price. In addition, you can buy individual tracks from the album on iTunes for $1.29. However, budget-minded shoppers might want to jump over to Amazon, where they are selling the entire Born This Way album for 99 cents. Yes, for less than the price of one track on iTunes, you can get the entire 14 track album on Amazon. In addition, an Amazon purchase also allows you to store the album on Amazon Cloud Drive, makes it accessible from Amazon Cloud Player, and gives you 20GB of space on the service as well.
Amazon MP3 purchases can be automatically synced to your iTunes library as well, so really, why would anyone buy this one from the iTunes Store?
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